• Steve Sampson
    Chief Executive Officer

    Steve is an award-winning management professional. He has extensive experience in the mortgage broking industry and has held diverse leadership roles from chief executive to managing director to head of distribution. Steve has built successful high performing sales teams for many years, thanks to his ability to create strong relationships and carry out dynamic sales strategies effectively. Before joining Prime Capital, he developed a highly profitable third-party distribution channel for Bank of Sydney. Now with Prime Capital, he is growing the company’s distribution of low-doc, non-resident, investor, SMSF and construction SME loans through aggregator partnerships. Steve is an excellent communicator and presenter who loves to go trekking, do yoga, work out and listen to good music in his free time.

  • David Gay
    Chief Financial Officer

    David is a versatile Banking and Finance professional, with a career spanning more than 20 years across both sides of the balance sheet. He successfully transitioned from a Private Banker into Financial Markets, and has dealt with Liquidity Products, FX, Interest Rate Swaps and Options, Bonds and Credit and Structured products. Before joining Prime Capital, David worked as the Treasury Dealer for one of Australia’s largest non-bank lenders, monitoring and hedging the IR risk and funding the warehouses. Before that, he spent nearly 15 years gaining a wealth of experience in Global Investments and FICC at NAB.

    David holds a Bachelor of Business (Finance) from Charles Sturt University and a Diplomas in Financial Services and Financial Management.

    In his free time, David loves to surf and tinker with his old Holden.

  • Jeremy Harris
    Chief Marketing Officer

    Jeremy is an award-winning marketer with almost 20 years of diverse leadership experience across financial services, SaaS and the Australian wine industry.  He has successfully grown and led marketing, sales, service, pre sales and solutions consulting teams across both the non bank space, as well as within the Salesforce ecosystem.

    Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Liberal Studies from the University of Sydney.

  • Sally Heimanis
    General Counsel

    Sally has over 13 years’ post admission experience in civil litigation with a focus on bankruptcy, corporate insolvency, property transactions and contracts.
    Prior to starting at Prime Capital, she was partner of the litigation and conveyancing team at a national law firm.

    Sally holds a Bachelor of Laws and Graduate Diploma in Business (Accounting and Finance) from University of Technology, and is a member of the Law Society of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.

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Australia’s millionaire population grows as property values surge

Many Australians are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, yet average wealth per adult is rising. By 2028, approximately 400,000 more Australians are expected to join the ranks of the fewer-than-2-million millionaires currently in the country, thanks largely to surging property values. This suggests a growing market of potential high-net-worth clients for mortgage and finance brokers.…
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Australian SMEs face cash crunch

Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners are struggling with dwindling cash reserves amid soaring inflation and cost-of-living pressures. According to a recent survey commissioned by Prospa, 22% of participating entrepreneurs have no cash reserves, and 18% rely on funds covering less than a month’s expenses. About one in five expects to deplete their cash reserves…
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Borrowers feel the heat of high rates

With interest rates staying elevated following a year of aggressive increases, mortgage stress is on the rise among borrowers. New data from Roy Morgan reveals that the number of Australians facing mortgage stress has increased by 724,000 since May 2022, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) began raising the cash rate from a record…
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